tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post7598386815049470116..comments2024-03-27T17:34:52.560-05:00Comments on A Garden Carried in the Pocket: Changeless and Blameless by Gail Carriger (a twofer)jenclairhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-49158937250612694802010-11-08T07:50:01.010-06:002010-11-08T07:50:01.010-06:00Ktherine - I really liked Soulless and thought it ...Ktherine - I really liked Soulless and thought it was a fun, funny read, but the other two much less so.<br /><br />I know know what you mean about historical discrepancies and sometimes they bother me a great deal; other times they just get a mental note. <br /><br />Romantic Books -- Check out other reviews before giving up on the next two books. Some people loved them!jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-79199165834911280192010-11-07T21:47:44.625-06:002010-11-07T21:47:44.625-06:00I really liked her first book Soulless! But I am a...I really liked her first book Soulless! But I am a sucker for anything set in Victorian London. I have not read Changeless or Blameless yet, but now I think I might pass. I am sad that these two weren't as good as the first. Thanks for your review!Romantic Bookshttp://www.romancebooksonline.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22616974.post-31975835395893174892010-11-05T13:24:38.132-05:002010-11-05T13:24:38.132-05:00I tried Soulless, but couldn't get into it. T...I tried Soulless, but couldn't get into it. The Victorian London setting didn't work for me. There were too many things about dialogue and society that were subtly wrong and kept throwing me. I know it's an alternative London! I'm happy to have vampires and werewolves, but if these are going to be set against a historical background, I think you have to get the details right. Or use a modern setting after all. I guess I'm saying more research? It's like those historical TV dramas where respectable Georgian or Victorian girls DO wear lipstick and DON'T wear bonnets or hats when they walk outdoors - which would have branded them streetwalkers...Katherine Langrishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12529700103932422873noreply@blogger.com